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[quote=Anonymous]Parent of a young teen here. We started with 30-minute lessons and now they are 45 minutes. Three consecutive teachers have recommended daily practice of all the songs they are working on, rather than setting a time goal. That is, "play everything at least once," not "play for 30 minutes." A good teacher will have specific issues for your kid to work on - maybe getting a passage just so -- which tends to inspire them to play that part more than once. We aim for daily practice as much as possible, but given other demands it works out to about 5 days/week. Also, some days it just doesn't come together and that is okay so long as they tried. If I can hear my kid really struggling and getting frustrated, I ask her to walk away and rest for a bit, then come back and play something easy to end on a good note and be finished. Playing music is a long-term thing, don't burn them out.[/quote]
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